IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Series Problem Determination Manual page 265

Attention: If you experience failures at any time while you are running the
recover system procedure, call the IBM Support Center. Do not attempt to do
further recovery actions because these actions might prevent IBM Support from
restoring the system to an operational status.
Certain conditions must be met before you run the recovery procedure. Use the
following items to help you determine when to run the recovery procedure:
v Check to see if any node in the system has a node status of active. This status
means that the system is still available. In this case, recovery is not necessary.
v Do not recover the system if the management IP address is available from
another node. Ensure that all service procedures have been run.
v Check the node status of every node canister that is part of this system. Resolve
all hardware errors except node error 578 or node error 550.
– All nodes must be reporting either a node error 578 or a node error 550.
These error codes indicate that the system has lost its configuration data. If
any nodes report anything other than these error codes, do not perform a
recovery. You can encounter situations where non-configuration nodes report
other node errors, such as a 550 node error. The 550 error can also indicate
that a node is not able to join a system.
– If any nodes show a node error 550, record the error data that is associated
with the 550 error from the service assistant.
- In addition to the node error 550, the report can show data that is
separated by spaces in one of the following forms:
v Node identifiers in the format: <enclosure_serial>-<canister slot ID>(7
characters, hyphen, 1 number), for example, 01234A6-2
v Quorum drive identifiers in the format: <enclosure_serial>:<drive slot
ID>[<drive 11S serial number>] (7 characters, colon, 1 or 2 numbers,
open square bracket, 22 characters, close square bracket), for example,
01234A9:21[11S1234567890123456789]
v Quorum MDisk identifier in the format: WWPN/LUN (16 hexadecimal
digits followed by a forward slash and a decimal number), for example,
1234567890123456/12
- If the error data contains a node identifier, ensure that the node that is
referred to by the ID is showing node error 578. If the node is showing a
node error 550, ensure that the two nodes can communicate with each
other. Verify the SAN connectivity, and if the 550 error is still present,
restart one of the two nodes by clicking Restart Node from the service
assistant.
- If the error data contains a quorum drive identifier, locate the enclosure
with the reported serial number. Verify that the enclosure is powered on
and that the drive in the reported slot is powered on and functioning. If the
node canister that is reporting the fault is in the I/O group of the listed
enclosure, ensure that it has SAS connectivity to the listed enclosure. If the
node canister that is reporting the fault is in a different I/O group from the
listed enclosure, ensure that the listed enclosure has SAS connectivity to
both node canisters in the control enclosure in its I/O group. After
verifying these things, restart the node by clicking Restart Node from the
service assistant.
- If the error data contains a quorum MDisk identifier, verify the SAN
connectivity between this node and that WWPN. Check the storage
controller to ensure that the LUN referred to is online. After verifying these
things, if the 550 error is still present, restart the node by clicking Restart
Node from the service assistant.
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